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Philosophy of Language: Ordinary Language Philosophy
PHIL 5480/6480
Weekly assignments:

  1. Aug. 24 (for those of you who have already taken a class from me, who know what these assignments are supposed to look like, and who want to get an early start): Austin, Sense and Sensibility, para bridging pp. 70-71, under the heading (2): "Next, 'real' is what we may call... ".
  2. Aug. 31: Either TLP 2.15-2.1515 or 5.5562-5.5571.
  3. Sept. 7: Either TLP 4.12-4.121 or 5.631-5.6331 + 5.64. (You can do these either as microcommentaries or as outlines.)
  4. Sept. 14: Either TLP 6.41 or 6.53-4.
  5. Sept. 21: PI 79 and 87 (but remember, microcommentaries are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
  6. Sept. 28: PI 135-36.
  7. Oct. 5: Either PI 201 or PI 241-42.
  8. Oct. 17 (Due Monday -- Fall Break bonus microcommentary!): PI 258.
  9. Oct. 19: Sense and Sensibilia, pp. 110-115 (from "Briefly, the point is this...", to "...un-retractably true"; but remember, microcommentaries are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
  10. Oct. 26 (you have the option of turning in two microcommentaries this time through): (i) On Certainty 105, 144, 155; (ii) PI II 314 (if you have an earlier edition, in which the Part II sections aren't numbered, this is the para. bridging pp. 221-22, starting "'A new-born child has no teeth'...").
  11. Nov. 2: How to Do Things with Words, para. bridging pp. 54f (starting "We can, however, fortify ourselves...").
  12. Nov. 9: The Concept of Mind, 3 paras., from p. 30 (starting "The crucial objection to...") to p. 31 ("...of those or any other maxims").
  13. Nov. 16: The Concept of Mind, either the para. bridging pp. 152f ("The distinction between task verbs...") or p. 206, para. starting "In saying that sensations...".
  14. Nov. 23: The Claim of Reason, either the para. bridging pp. 118f ("Wittgenstein's view of necessity...") or p. 147 (from "To help account for...") to 148 ("...and I would have thousands").
  15. Nov. 30: The Claim of Reason, either p. 316 (from "To test this...") to 319 (end of first full para.: "...in the strength of the premisses, etc."), or pp. 408f, four paras. starting "How far can my subservience..." (remember, microcommentaries are a para., and definitely no longer than half a page).
  16. Dec. 7: PI, Part II, xi, up to "...the colour of blood" (in the 4th ed., this is secs. 111-117 (in Part II!); in earlier editions, this is from the top of p. 193, running over to the top of 194).
  17. Dec. 12 (due Monday; bonus microcommentary): PI 420.